LETTER: Boston bombings a wake-up call

Published: Thursday, May 9, 2013 at 04:08 PM.

The recent Boston bombing has, for many, been a wake-up call to the ever present possibility of bombing, mass killing, injury, and destruction in America by foreign or homegrown Islamic jihadists. There has been much willful blindness to Islamic influence motivated by political correctness and tolerance. But until we learn to talk about it, radical Islam will remain the elephant in the room that no one wants to address. There has been much acceptance of the watered-down erroneous statements by the media, politicians, and Islamic organizations about this so-called “peaceful religion.” A quote from the Quran Q9.5 (the “verse of the sword”) is “kill the idolators wherever ye may find them, and besiege them; and lie in wait for them in every place of observation.” Muslims are commanded to kill infidels (non-believers) and by killing an infidel, they are assured of a place in heaven.

In contrast to other wars, we have been fighting an enemy in civilian clothes rather than uniforms, often taking cover among women, children, and civilians. They attacked our troops, our embassies, and military posts with suicide bombers and IEDs hidden along the roads. They are cowards and have no regard for human life.

The history of Islam goes back to the Biblical story of two sons of Abraham – Isaac through whom the Jewish nation and Jesus came, and Ishmael, the father of the Arabic nations and to Muhammad, who claimed to be a descendent of Ishmael and was the founder of the religion of Islam. God told Ishmael’s mother that her son would be a wild one, and live in hostility to all of his brothers. The feeling of rejection, hostility, and hate for the Jewish nation has continued for thousands of years in the Arab descendants.

The recent Boston bombing has, for many, been a wake-up call to the ever present possibility of bombing, mass killing, injury, and destruction in America by foreign or homegrown Islamic jihadists. There has been much willful blindness to Islamic influence motivated by political correctness and tolerance. But until we learn to talk about it, radical Islam will remain the elephant in the room that no one wants to address. There has been much acceptance of the watered-down erroneous statements by the media, politicians, and Islamic organizations about this so-called “peaceful religion.” A quote from the Quran Q9.5 (the “verse of the sword”) is “kill the idolators wherever ye may find them, and besiege them; and lie in wait for them in every place of observation.” Muslims are commanded to kill infidels (non-believers) and by killing an infidel, they are assured of a place in heaven.

In contrast to other wars, we have been fighting an enemy in civilian clothes rather than uniforms, often taking cover among women, children, and civilians. They attacked our troops, our embassies, and military posts with suicide bombers and IEDs hidden along the roads. They are cowards and have no regard for human life.

The history of Islam goes back to the Biblical story of two sons of Abraham – Isaac through whom the Jewish nation and Jesus came, and Ishmael, the father of the Arabic nations and to Muhammad, who claimed to be a descendent of Ishmael and was the founder of the religion of Islam. God told Ishmael’s mother that her son would be a wild one, and live in hostility to all of his brothers. The feeling of rejection, hostility, and hate for the Jewish nation has continued for thousands of years in the Arab descendants.

At 40, Muhammad began having visions and said that God’s angel gave him God’s word as to how man should conduct his life, and all of this was set down later in the Quran. When Muhammad died in 632 A.D., his successor was Abu Bakr, who became the first Caliph. The third Caliph was murdered and his son-in-law, Ali, was elected in Medina to be the forth Caliph. The powerful governor of Syria, Muawiya, challenged Ali’s succession and the first rift in the Muslim faith occurred. Ali was assassinated, and Muawiya emerged as Caliph. His followers are called Sunis, and followers of Ali are called Shiites. About 90% of the Muslims are Sunis and tend to be more peace loving than the fanatical 10% of Shiites. Both Sunis and Shiites look for the coming of the 12th Imam or Mahdi who will be the perfect being, completely infallible, to come at a time of great disturbances, war, and earthquakes, removing the Jews from Israel, and setting himself up to rule the earth from the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. Some think that the Shia Iranian leaders believe that, by their active terrorism and aggression, they can force the hand of Allah to hasten the coming of the Mahdi. This information is from Joel Richardson, bestselling author and popular speaker, and author of the New York Times bestselling book, “Islamic Antichrist.”